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Creator:
Akins, Samuel B.
Title: Samuel B. Akins Papers
Date (inclusive): 1949-1990
Extent:
0.4 linear feet
Abstract: Samuel B. Akins served as an Extension agent for the Agricultural Experiment Station in Shafter, California. After his retirement,
Akins bought a farm in Strathmore, California, and continued to work on cotton improvements and water conservation. The collection
contains correspondence and printed materials, as well as photograph and slides relating to cotton farming and legislation.
Physical location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many
are stored offsite.
Repository:
University of California, Davis. General Library. Dept. of Special
Collections.
Davis, California 95616-5292
Collection number: D-314
Language of Material: Collection materials in English.
Samuel Bernice Akins was born on August 5, 1908 in Voss, Texas. Akins served as an extension agent for the Agricultural Experiment
Station in Shafter, California. He also worked with the Farm Program Development and Analysis program in Washington, D.C.
and helped the Roosevelt Administration set up cotton programs for the New Deal. After his retirement from the USDA in 1950,
Akins bought a farm in Strathmore, California, and continued to work on cotton improvements and water conservation.
Akins passed away on February 8, 1990.
The collection contains correspondence and printed materials, as well as photograph and slides relating to cotton farming
and legislation.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public
access catalog.
Akins, Samuel B.--Archives
Cotton--Research
Collection is open for research.
Sara Gunasekara processed this collection and created and encoded this finding aid with assistance from student employee Michelle
Xie.
Gift of Edna Akins in 1990.
[Identification of item], Samuel B. Akins Papers, D-314, Department of Special Collections, General Library,
University of California, Davis.
Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to
publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of
California, Davis as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the
copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.